Textile Colourist
Also known as: Colour Matching Executive · Lab Dip Executive · Shade Matching Technician
Develops dye recipes and matches shades so dyed fabrics and yarns meet the buyer's colour standard.
Starting salary: not added yet.
What you’d do
Textile colourists make sure dyed yarn and fabric come out in exactly the colour a buyer approved. They work in dyehouse labs at spinning and processing mills, dye manufacturers and export units, preparing lab dips, building dye recipes and fixing shade problems when bulk production does not match.
- Develop dye recipes in the lab
- Match shades using spectrophotometers
- Prepare lab dips for buyer approval
- Solve shade variation in bulk dyeing
How you get in
Processing mills and dye makers hire textile-chemistry graduates as lab trainees. A good eye for colour (no colour-vision deficiency), lab practice in dyeing and finishing, and knowledge of dye classes help at interviews.
Salary in India
Salary data isn’t added for this role yet. When it is, every figure points to its source.
Skills you’ll use
From our guide · a curated list is coming
- Dye chemistry and dye classes
- Instrumental and visual shade matching
- Recipe correction
- Lab record keeping
About this field · for freshers
Job openings by year
Is demand growing?
Not added yet.
Competition2
How many graduates enter each year?
B.Tech / B.E. (all branches) graduates in 2023-24 at institutions that reported to AISHE — everyone finishing that degree, not only those entering this role.
Who hires
IT firms, banks, government, startups?
Not added yet.
Where the jobs are
Which cities?
Not added yet.
Women in the field2
Is it diverse?
Share of women among B.Tech / B.E. (all branches) graduates in 2023-24 — the entry degree, not people already working in this role.
At a glance
- Normal colour vision is usually tested.
- Common next steps: senior colourist, dyeing lab head, or technical service with dye makers.
- Often based at mills in textile clusters.
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